BBC: The UK is providing 120,000 drones to Ukraine in what the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said is the largest delivery of its kind. Drones have increasingly come to dominate both sides of the war in Ukraine, which entered its fifth year in February. UK Defence Secretary John Healey said “with eyes on the […]
BBC: A leader from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken oath as the new chief minister of eastern state of Bihar after veteran politician Nitish Kumar stepped down. Samrat Choudhary, who was Kumar’s deputy, has been sworn-in Bihar’s first BJP chief minister. Choudhary has held senior roles in the BJP, including […]
(Reuters) WASHINGTON, April 14 – Canada, the UK, Australia, Japan and six other countries condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon on Tuesday while calling “for an urgent end to hostilities” in the country where Israeli attacks have killed over 2,000 people since March. “Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland […]
BBC: President Donald Trump has suggested talks aimed at ending the war in Iran could resume this week, after negotiations collapsed at the weekend, prompting the US to blockade Iranian ports. “You should stay there [Islamabad], really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there,” Trump […]
BBC: The US Department of Justice has asked a federal appeals court to throw out the convictions of 12 people who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy related to the 6 January 2021 riots. Although President Donald Trump issued more than 1,000 pardons for those convicted for their role in the Capitol riots, he opted […]
About 250 Rohingya and Bangladeshis, including children, are missing after their boat capsized last week in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations’ refugee and migration agencies. The trawler, which had departed from Bangladesh and was bound for Malaysia, “reportedly sank due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding”, the agencies said. The Bangladesh […]
BBC: A 26-year-old man drowned after jumping from his boat into the Colorado River to retrieve his hat that had blown into the water. Police identified the man as Kristopher Nathaniel Logan of California, who began struggling to swim and did not resurface after entering the river, according to a statement. A dive team later […]
BBC: ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) – Negotiators from the U.S. and Iran could return to Islamabad this week to resume talks to end the war, sources told Reuters on Tuesday, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports. While the U.S. blockade drew angry rhetoric from Tehran, signs that […]
BBC: Spain’s government has approved plans to give legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants, allowing them to be integrated formally into the workforce. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez described his government’s decision as both “an act of justice” and a necessity for Spain. In a letter to Spaniards posted on social media, Sánchez, a socialist, said […]
BBC: At least 16 people have been injured after an ex-student opened fire at a high school in south-eastern Turkey. The attacker, who was in his late teens, fired “indiscriminately with a shotgun” before killing himself with the weapon after being “cornered by police”, local governor Hasan Şildak said. Those injured include 10 students, four […]
